A History of Democratic Kampuchea 1975 - 1979

A History of Democratic Kampuchea 1975 - 1979

75 pages

Four stars for an introductory, or overview type book looking at the history of Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.
This is a magazine sized publication, with a lot of photographs (often poor quality, understandable given the situation), which is aimed at high school aged children. Even so, it is not a straight forward history, with the a number of contradictions - noting that this is not a criticism of the book or the writing, just the confusing and contradictory way the Khmer Rouge leadership devastated the Cambodian people.

May 7, 2016